Correspondence

摘要

John Snow's book, On the inhalation of the vapour of ether in surgical operations, contains a list of surgical cases at St George's Hospital and the University College Hospital, London, for which he had administered ether. Snow's first case at the University College Hospital is interesting because the patient, Joseph Rice (age 28), was described as an Australian who had travelled to London to undergo surgery (Figure 1). The surgeon was Robert Liston (1794-1847) and the operation, a lithotomy, was performed on 3 May 1847. The patient was discharged on 6 June.